How to repair corrupted zip files?

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It is for sure that users might have encountered several situations in which they try to open a zip file and only get disappointed to receive a message stating that the file is either corrupt or damaged or even incomplete. The situation can even arise if the downloading was incomplete.

 

Most of these situations arise taking in to consideration the fact that Zip Files have a well planned structure which makes it more sensitive to corruptions. Even the presence of minor corruptions will restrict the extraction of its specified content.

 

The two major principles on which the ZIP files works are

Zip tools initially checks for integrity

In order to make ZIP files work, the CRC values of the original files that is present in an archive should match the files that have been extracted

Here, two free softwares have been mentioned in order to repair as well as extract contents of the zip files.

Repair Zip software

Zip2Fix software

Repair Zip software

This is one of the most commonly used software that is used in order to repair the Zip structure as well as also helps in the extraction of the contents of the archive. One of the main advantages of using this software is that it is very user-friendly in nature.

How to repair corrupted zip files?

Open the Zip repair wizard

Then click on to the ‘Next’ button

Now the users will have to browse and enter the corrupted file

Then the users will have to browse and select the repaired file

Enter the specified files by browsing and then click on ‘Next’

Finally the users will be prompted with a message on the Wizard screen stating whether the user wishes to open the archive once the Wizard is closed

Users will have to check mark the box if the user wishes to open the archive once the Wizard is closed

Finally click ‘Finish’

The software has successfully repaired the corrupted files

DiskInternals Zip Repair Wizard Software can be downloaded from the website http://www.diskinternals.com/zip-repair/screenshots.shtml.

Zip2Fix

Zip2Fix helps in the extraction of the undamaged files from the damaged ZIP archives that are present

The files that are good are transferred to a new ZIP file

The process worked absolutely fine with the SFX Zip files

The exact functioning of Zip2Fix software is that it helps in the creation of a new Zip file

The new Zip file arrives with the same file name that has been suffixed with _ZFX. zip that accommodates all the undamaged files

Once the recovery process is finished, users can check their log window for more detailed information regarding whether the content has been recovered or not

Zip2Fix can be downloaded from the website http://download.cnet.com/ZIP2FIX/3000-22504-75453277.html.

Thus by making use of these two software, users can repair their corrupted files.

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